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▪ I. aˈwakening, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
1. A rising from sleep, or (in modern use, more commonly) from sloth, inaction, or indifference.
1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. (Qo. 2) v. iii. 258 Ere the time Of her awakening. 1646Bury Wills (1850) 187 To continue vntill the generall awakeninge day. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets vii. 186 The awakening of the whole English nation to activity. 1878Masque of Poets 17 Dreams divine end in awakenings dull. c1882Sarah Stock Life Abund. 8 The spring, Nature's great awakening.
2. An arousing from sleep or its semblance.
1684R. Alleyne (title) A Rebuke to Backsliders..published for the Awakening of a Sleepy Age. 1872M. Twain Innoc. Abr. 209 These violent awakenings must have been annoying to Oliver.
▪ II. aˈwakening, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. Rising as if from sleep.
1726Thomson Winter 1043 Awakening nature hears..and starts to life. 1884Harper's Mag. Sept. 626/1 Awakening buds and blossoms.
2. Fitted to arouse; rousing.
1694Kettlewell Comp. Penitent 44 Thy awakening Providences. 1736Wesley Wks. (1872) I. 42 The most awakening writer..of all the ancients. 1810Coleridge Friend (1865) 46 The awakening cock. |